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Ross @rossengineer.bsky.social · Jul 17

Bio in comments, sporadically appended -

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Ross @rossengineer.bsky.social · 4h

Brilliant!

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Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 4h

This link will take you to PHIVOLCS, the Philippines national institution dedicated to providing information on the activities of volcanoes, earthquakes, and tsunamis.

Be sure to use and reference official sources whenever possible.

www.phivolcs.dost.gov.ph/index.php/ea...

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Ross @rossengineer.bsky.social · 5h

Even better 👍

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Adoptable Dogs @adoptabledogs.bsky.social · 5h

Radar Fl 🐕
Adult male Australian Shepherd
Adoptable from Australian Shepherds Furever (Ontario, CA)

https://www.petfinder.com/dog/radar-fl-78686931/ca/ontario/australian-shepherds-furever-ca2261/

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Department of Shoe @shoe.bsky.social · 5h

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Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 6h

M 7.4 - 20 km E of Santiago, Philippines

earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

The location of the earthquake is marked by star and the different colors indicate different levels of shaking.

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Ross @rossengineer.bsky.social · 6h

"Antifa" could also work.

Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 11h

Nobel Committee should just troll Trump, and give Obama a second Peace Prize.

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Ross @rossengineer.bsky.social · 6h

Have actually met men over the age of 30 who believe this.

It is unreal.

Ross @rossengineer.bsky.social · 6h

Almost worth it 😂

Ross @rossengineer.bsky.social · 6h

Lol

Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 6h

Nobel committee could do the funniest thing.

Clinton Global Initiative ad with Bill and Gavin Newsom

Ross @rossengineer.bsky.social · 7h

Both barrels! Good!

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Lew W @atclew.bsky.social · 14h

"We’re being told to work without compensation, under the threat of TERMINATION, while managing life-or-death decisions. It’s one of the cruelest contradictions in public service." (reddit)/r/ATC/ #airtrafficcontrol #atc #shutdown #governmentshutdown

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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 10h

How is the shutdown going? Service members are turning to nonprofits for help because they currently are not likely to be paid.

Task & Purpose @taskandpurpose.com · 10h

Troops turning to military relief groups for cash with next paycheck in doubt trib.al/TdDHiw1

Troops turning to military relief groups for cash with next paycheck in doubt

Service members have been working without pay since the government shutdown began on Oct. 1. They are increasingly asking for financial help.

trib.al

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cira-csu.bsky.social @cira-csu.bsky.social · 15h

After approaching close to Japan from the south, Typhoon Halong is pulling away to the east of the island country.

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Riding With Robots @ridingrobots.bsky.social · 15h

Will be searching for Earth-like exoplanets

ESA Space Science @science.esa.int · 1d

Plato is in its final shape! 🙌

Engineers have completed the construction of the spacecraft by mounting its sunshield and solar panels.

#ESAPlato is on track to launch in December 2026, as originally planned, on an Ariane 6.

More details at 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl...

#exoplanets 🔭

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 13h

From today's TRO hearing in Illinois v. Trump, Judge April Perry:

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 15h

Perry: "I agree with you about the seriousness of threats, generally, across the United States right now. I don't think there's a single public servant, really, who is not being subject to threats.

"Mine started about 10 minutes after I got this case."

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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 20h

Congress had to swoop in and save a mission that could literally help save humanity, which of course Trump wants to cancel

Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 21h

One NASA science mission saved from Trump’s cuts, but others still in limbo arstechnica.com/space/2025/1...

One NASA science mission saved from Trump’s cuts, but others still in limbo

“Damage is being done already. Even if funding is reinstated, we have already lost people.”…

arstechnica.com

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 1d

This is important.

Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 1d

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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Vector Ze ❌👑 @vector-ze.bsky.social · 1d

" a group of researchers evaluated the conservation status of all 4,046 tree species endemic to Mesoamerica and described in the Global Tree Assessment project. They found that 46% of these trees are at some risk of extinction."

Eos @eos.org · 1d

46% of trees in Mesoamerica are at risk of extinction. Researchers hope a new regional study will inform targeted conservation strategies.

buff.ly/YlHWzha

Read more in our October issue: bit.ly/Eos-Oct2025

First Species-Level Assessment Reveals Extinction Risk in Mesoamerica - Eos

Forty-six percent of tree species in Mesoamerica are threatened with extinction. Researchers hope a new regional study will inform targeted conservation strategies.

eos.org

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Ross @rossengineer.bsky.social · 1d

This is really, really cool.

Beauty all around everywhere you look.

Thank you for sharing.

Ross @rossengineer.bsky.social · 1d

Exactly.

We remember the chronology.

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Task & Purpose @taskandpurpose.com · 1d

After more than 30 years, a key medical tracking system now lists Gulf War Illness as a formal diagnosis in international medical practice. trib.al/TZDulj3

Long-dismissed 'Gulf War Illness' finally recognized with international medical code

After more than 30 years, a key medical tracking system now lists Gulf War Illness as a formal diagnosis in international medical practice.

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Ross @rossengineer.bsky.social · 1d

Delano, CA

Ross @rossengineer.bsky.social · 1d

This is getting more dangerous & stupid.

Adam Schiff posts on X/Twitter -
"Tomorrow, I, along with @SenTimKaine will be forcing a vote to block President Trump’s use of our Armed Forces to conduct strikes against vessels in the Caribbean Sea.

Congress has not authorized these strikes. They are illegal and risk dragging America into another war."
Gustavo Petro, President of Colombia replies (translated from Spanish to English)
"Senator Adam Shiff is right.

I'm currently in a meeting with European governments, and I'll say the same thing.

A new war zone has opened up: the Caribbean.

Evidence shows that the last boat bombed was Colombian, with Colombian citizens inside. I hope their families come forward and file complaints.

There isn't a war against smuggling; it's a war for oil, and the world must stop it.

The aggression is against all of Latin America and the Caribbean. "

Ross @rossengineer.bsky.social · 1d

Cool photos!

Good detail.

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